Lastly, for this week, we have the Cygnus NG-15 spacecraft, which was launched on February 20 at 17:36 UTC aboard a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia. This marked the fourteenth launch of an Antares rocket since its debut in 2013.

The resupply spacecraft was dubbed the “S.S. Katherine Johnson,” which continued the tradition of naming the spacecraft after people important to the space program who have passed away. Katherine Johnson died exactly one year ago today, and we will have more to say about her in a moment.

The spacecraft carried 3,810 kilograms of equipment to the station, including 1,413 kilograms of vehicle hardware, 1,127 kilograms of scientific investigations, 932 kilograms of crew supplies, 24 kilograms of spacesuit parts, and 24 kilograms of supplies for the Russian segment.,

More Information

Launch video

NASA blog (launch)

Northrup Grumman press release

NASA mission overview (pdf)

NASA blog (arrival)